Director’s Message

Dear All,

It is an honour and privilege to serve this glorious Institute as a Director. Since the formal announcement was made I have received hundreds of messages from various stakeholders and I thank each one of them for support and warm welcome.

It is with great enthusiasm that I embrace this position and thank the Trust and Governing Council members for the opportunity given to me.

The higher education sector is facing a lot of challenges but there are also a number of opportunities and I shall work with all the stakeholders of TAPMI to take TAPMI to greater heights.

Over the next couple of months, I intend attending several events and meetings at TAPMI and Manipal University. The purpose is to learn about TAPMI and also hear your thoughts and opinions on where you wish to see TAPMI go over the next 5 years.

It is in this context that I present to you Vision 2022.

I very much look forward to hearing your views and suggestions and talking to all the stakeholders and also learn from you.

2014 Best Paper Award at The Emerald 4th Indian Finance Conference at IIM Bangalore for the paper Firm Control and Financing Choices in Indian Firms.

2014 Tie-in-Agreements in IPOs: Evidence from India, Short-listed for the Best Paper Award in the Corporate Finance Category, Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference, Brisbane, April 2014.

2014 Local Religious Beliefs and Corporate Takeovers, Semi-finalist for the Best Paper Award, FMA Asian Conference, Tokyo, May 2014.

Auditor Client Specific Knowledge and Internal Control Weaknesses: Some Evidence on the Role of Auditor Tenure and Geographic Distance, forthcoming in Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (ABDC A) [with Yangyang Chen, Ferdinand Gul and Cameron Truong]